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2026 Toronto Commencement

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26 MAY 2026

TORONTO

This program is for ceremonial purposes only and is not to be considered an official confirmation of degree information. It contains only those details available at the publication deadline.

We ask those in attendance to kindly silence their electronic devices and to remain in their seats until the platform party has left the stage and the graduate recessional has finished.

THE HISTORY OF NORTHEASTERN

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and recognized leader in experiential learning, renowned for its innovative approach to education. Yet its origins were remarkably humble.

At the end of the 19th century, immigrants and first-generation Americans constituted more than half of Boston’s population. Among the city’s institutions committed to helping newcomers improve their lives, the Boston YMCA stood out as a gathering place where young men attended lectures on literature, history, music, and other subjects considered essential to intellectual growth.

In response to enthusiastic demand for these lectures, the YMCA directors organized the Evening Institute for Young Men in May 1896. Frank Palmer Speare, a well-known teacher and high school principal, was hired as the institute’s director. Two years later, the YMCA established the “Department of Law of the Boston YMCA,” and on October 3, 1898, Robert Gray Dodge taught the first class. This program was an immediate success and marked the birth of Northeastern University. Speare would later remark, “We started with an eraser and two sticks of chalk.”

As demand for additional courses grew, Speare expanded the offerings. In 1909, full-time day colleges began instruction. That same year, the Evening Polytechnic School announced “cooperative engineering courses,” providing students opportunities to apply classroom knowledge in the workplace—the genesis of Northeastern’s signature cooperative education program.

Decades of expansion

The institution continued to grow, establishing the College of Business in 1922. More space was needed. The university acquired the former home of the Boston Red Sox in 1929, and in 1934, the distinguished Boston architectural firm Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott was awarded the contract to design Richards Hall. Employing what would become a Boston campus signature—white brick—the firm created a neoclassical building. Opened in 1938, Richards Hall became the first structure on the front quadrangle.

As the physical campus expanded, so did academic programs. The addition of the College of Liberal Arts in 1935 signaled the institution’s evolution toward becoming a major university.

When Speare stepped down as president in 1940, Carl Stephens Ell, dean of the College of Engineering, succeeded him. Under Ell’s leadership, Northeastern admitted women to fulltime day programs for the first time.

In the postwar era, Northeastern experienced phenomenal enrollment growth. The university expanded programs to accommodate an increasingly diverse student population. Additional colleges were established in rapid succession: College of Education, 1953; University College, 1960; College of Pharmacy, 1962; College of Nursing, 1964; Boston Bouvé College, 1964; College of Criminal Justice, 1967; and College of Computer Science, 1982.

This expansion required substantial physical growth. When Ell retired in 1959, Asa S. Knowles assumed the presidency. Under his leadership, the university acquired suburban properties in Weston, Nahant, and Burlington, Massachusetts. The Boston campus flourished with new construction, including undergraduate dormitories for the growing residential student population at what had primarily been a commuter campus.

Transforming the Boston campus

Kenneth G. Ryder succeeded Knowles in 1975, bringing unique perspective as someone who had risen from history department faculty member to executive vice president. Under his leadership, the university expanded programs, particularly in arts and humanities, while continuing facilities improvements. Plans for Snell Library were finalized, and the campus was beautified. Northeastern also deepened its commitment to Boston and surrounding neighborhoods.

In 1989, Ryder stepped down as the fourth president of the university. He was succeeded by John A. Curry, Northeastern’s executive vice president and its first alumnus to become president. Under Curry’s direction, the university embarked on a series of ambitious undertakings, including a science and engineering research center, a state-of-the-art classroom building, a recreation complex, and several new undergraduate and graduate programs.

To support these new ventures, Curry led a successful fundraising campaign; his tenure also featured significant institutional restructuring as the university prepared to enter its second century. After four decades of service, Curry retired in 1996, and the trustees elected Richard M. Freeland as the sixth president.

Elevating

experience

A distinguished historian and administrator, President Freeland brought to the university a renewed sense of energy and mission. His initiatives supported his vision of Northeastern as a university that would be student-centered, practice-oriented, and urban. The university developed the West Campus with architecturally acclaimed residence halls and teaching facilities for the health sciences and computer science, and added new spaces to enrich campus life.

When Freeland stepped down in 2006, Joseph E. Aoun, an internationally recognized linguistics scholar, became Northeastern’s seventh president. President Aoun came from the University of Southern California, where he served as dean of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. He developed an academic plan outlining the university’s vision in several areas: experiential learning, global outreach, use-inspired research, urban engagement, and intellectual life. He significantly expanded global co-op opportunities, and he aligned research with three worldwide imperatives—health, security, and sustainability— emphasizing interdisciplinary solutions.

A rising global profile

Under Aoun’s leadership, Northeastern launched a campus system designed as platforms for lifelong learning aligned with regional economies. The first locations opened in Charlotte, North Carolina (2011), and Seattle (2013); additional campuses followed in Silicon Valley, California (2015), and Toronto (2016).

In 2016, Aoun led development of a new academic plan, Northeastern 2025, a blueprint for transforming the institution into a global university system—featuring networks of learners and innovators— designed to empower people to succeed in this era of unprecedented technological change. The university expanded its global campuses as platforms for learning, research, and industry partnerships. In 2019, Northeastern opened a Vancouver location and acquired New College of the Humanities in London, now officially Northeastern University London, offering undergraduates a unique opportunity to earn a dual U.S./U.K. degree. Later in 2019, Northeastern launched a research campus in Arlington, Virginia, complementing two existing research campuses in Nahant and Burlington, Massachusetts (formed in 1967 and 2012, respectively).

In January 2020, technology entrepreneur David Roux and his wife, Barbara, established the Roux Institute in Portland, Maine. The institute focuses on graduate studies and research in fields such as artificial intelligence, digital engineering, and advanced life sciences, amplified by industry partnerships. It was specifically designed to be a model of how higher education can ignite economic development in regions of the country largely bypassed by the innovation economy, setting a new bar for what the global university system could achieve.

Resilience and momentum

The revolutionary vision that inspired Northeastern 2025 infuses the university’s latest academic plan, Experience Unleashed. The plan is designed to deepen the impact of Northeastern’s global network by maximizing the power of experience to understand and solve the world’s interconnected, ever-evolving challenges.

In 2022, the university merged with Mills College in Oakland, California, becoming the first institution with comprehensive residential campuses for undergraduate and graduate students on both U.S. coasts. In 2023, Northeastern opened a Miami campus featuring graduate education and innovation partnerships aligned with South Florida’s economic growth. The following year, the university announced a New York City campus through a merger with Marymount Manhattan College.

Through dedication and vision, Frank Palmer Speare’s “eraser and two sticks of chalk” have evolved into one of the world’s most innovative universities. Our faculty collaborates fluidly with experts across industry, government, and community organizations. Ideas and solutions can be scaled. And our students are empowered to be global citizens, scientists, entrepreneurs, and creators—prepared to make lasting impact wherever they go.

PROGRAM

Processional

Candidates for Master’s Degrees

Faculty

Platform Party led by the Convocation Marshal Behnaz Merikhi

Assistant Teaching Professor and Principal Instructor, Informatics Department

National Anthem and Land Acknowledgment

Behnaz Merikhi

Assistant Teaching Professor and Principal Instructor, Informatics Department

Welcome

Nenita Elphick

Associate Dean and Campus Administrator, Northeastern in Toronto

Introduction of Student Speaker

Stephanie Cochrane

Director of Student Services, Northeastern in Toronto

Student Convocation Speaker

Opeyemi Bello, ’26

Class of 2026 Award Presentation

Mike Jackson

Senior Vice Provost, Academic Programs

Introduction of Convocation Speaker

Aliza Lakhani

Managing Director, Global Campuses, and Regional Dean and CEO, Northeastern in Toronto

Convocation Address

Neelam Bance

Citation Presentation

Mike Jackson

Senior Vice Provost, Academic Programs

Degrees in Course

Aliza Lakhani

Managing Director, Global Campuses, and Regional Dean and CEO, Northeastern in Toronto College of Engineering represented by Omar Badreldin, Program Director and Associate Director, Information Systems Program

College of Science represented by Brent Nelson, Interim Dean College of Professional Studies represented by Adel Zadeh, Director, College of Professional Studies, Northeastern in Toronto

D’Amore-McKim School of Business represented by Nenita Elphick, Associate Dean and Campus Administrator, Northeastern in Toronto

Conferral of Degrees

Mike Jackson

Senior Vice Provost, Academic Programs

Honouring of Graduates

Nenita Elphick

Associate Dean and Campus Administrator, Northeastern in Toronto

Introduction of Alumni Representative

Adel Zadeh

Director, College of Professional Studies, Northeastern in Toronto

Alumni Greeting

Aarushi Sharma, ’25

Class Charge

Aliza Lakhani

Managing Director, Global Campuses, and Regional Dean and CEO, Northeastern in Toronto

Recessional

The audience is requested to remain seated during the recessional.

Led by Behnaz Merikhi, Assistant Teaching Professor, Principal Instructor, Informatics Department Platform Party Faculty Graduates

CONVOCATION ADDRESS

Convocation Speaker

Neelam Bance

Neelam Bance is a pharmaceutical industry leader turned health-tech entrepreneur, passionate about unlocking the power of data and precision medicine to improve patient outcomes. With a career spanning more than two decades across the life sciences sector, she has worked extensively on the commercial side of the pharmaceutical industry across multiple therapeutic areas, including diabetes, mental health, oncology, and neurology. Her work has consistently focused on translating scientific innovation into meaningful impact for patients and healthcare systems.

Neelam completed her undergraduate degree in Biology at the University of Toronto and later earned her MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University. These experiences helped shape her ability to bridge science, business, and innovation.

Driven by a growing interest in personalized medicine, Neelam transitioned from traditional pharmaceuticals into entrepreneurship, founding MedGeneius, a precision medicine company focused on using pharmacogenomics to guide appropriate medication use. Through this work, she has been a strong advocate for leveraging genetic insights and real-world data to ensure patients receive the right therapy at the right time.

Today, she is advancing ODINsight, a health data sharing initiative designed to enable secure, compliant, and interoperable insights across the healthcare ecosystem. The initiative aims to accelerate research, innovation, and collaboration while ensuring that data can be used responsibly to improve outcomes at scale.

Beyond her professional work, Neelam is deeply committed to building communities that foster collaboration, purpose, and shared progress. Her personal interests closely mirror her professional mission—bringing people together to solve complex challenges and create meaningful impact. She is the president of her neighbourhood association and believes in creating a safe and inclusive place for people to live. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Yellow Brick House, a leading organization supporting women and children fleeing gender-based violence, reflecting her commitment to strengthening communities and supporting those facing vulnerability.

Her passion for contribution and community has led her to become an active and enthusiastic contributor to Northeastern University’s programs, where she values the opportunity to collaborate with students and faculty who are shaping the future of healthcare and innovation.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Master of Science in Cyber-Physical Systems

Stavia Allwood

Sampson Agbai Chuku

Zoher Abbas Bhai Dharnojwala

Emmanuel Frimpong

Donald Chinonso Irebo

Master of Science in Information Systems

Bolatito Akinyemi

Adithya Anand

Kalyani Aray

Nathaniel Ashie

Januarius Kodzo Avorgbedor

Siddharth Jayant Bahekar

Haneesh Raj Banisetti

Midhun Santhosh Chandra

Durga Dhana Sree Chilukuri

Yashaswini Dasari

Jerry Yao Deku

Karen Chialuka Ebo

Chaitanya Sai Gandi

Ibaad Mohammed Hameeduddin

Qi Han

Niralee Hirpara

Yash Jalan

Jincheng Jiang

Obed John Kaburi

Natasha Kiara

Prosper Kofi Legbedze

Yihan Li

Jainil Subhashbhai Malaviya

Ernest Tete Mensah

Shahanaz Shihabudeen

Elikem Tetteh

Ene Tosin

Tanaka Brian Manyara

Issaka Mohammed

Abraham Nkrumah

Prince Caleb Nwaozuru

Reethika Pallam

Kush Hiteshbhai Parmar

Nirjaben Deepakbhai Patel

Nisarg Hasmukhbhai Patel

Imran Khan Pathan

Chitra Periya

Robins Ranjan

Can Rao

Sivagnanam Sakthi Vijay Kumar

Tapaswi Satyapanthi

Harsh Shah

Rachita Shah

Vrinda Vilas Shinde

Soumya Singh

Aniket Tiwari

Yiyang Xu

Xiaotong Yong

Ziyi Zhang

COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Master of Professional Studies in Analytics

Regina Ackah

Jehoshaphat Acquah

Eugene Addo-Odei

Isaac Adjei

Akwasi Boakye Adutwum

Samuel Amoah-Gyarteng

Ifeoma Andrew

Casey Eromonsele Anetor-Ebhabha

Prince Ankomah

John Kingsley Arthur

Joash Asamoah

Vijay Kumar Avula

Ashwath Balajee

Haoyu Bao

Neer Chetan Bhanushali

Drashtant Anupamkumar Bhathawala

Augustine Boakye

Nathaniel Brown

Poojhaa Chandrasekaran

Chia-Wei Chen

Chih-Yu Chen

Zhiyuan Chen

Joy Onechojon Danjuma

Solomon Edumadzie

Sai Krishna Elchuri

Michael Frimpong

Jilin Gong

Manav Gupta

Innocent Ineza

Satnam Kaur Jaggi

Surya Devrath Jayakumar

Shivam Mahendrabhai Joshi

Vivek Kabra

Naveen Kamepalli

Divya Teja Kommineni

Ransford Adjei Koranteng

Anandu Krishnan

Ekta Kumari

Deepa Kunjayya

Wing Sang Vincent Leung

Xing Liu

Dhruv Makadia

Yash Mathur

Mohammed Nabeel Saleem

Devendra Narasimha Sai Krishna Reddy

Muppidi

Vikas Reddy Mutukuru

Daniyal Naqvi

Shawn Njoroge

Kofi Aboagye Ntim

Allswell Sam Obeng

George Solomon Obeng

Obianuju Obianefo

Paul Ojenomo

Stephen Okyere

Olasunkanmi Oladele

Ganiyat Omotosho Olushi

Olayinka Onamade

Christopher Onyechege

Oyebola Orojo

Nicholas Osei

Gideon Osei Gyamfi

Kaushal Nilesh Parekh

Phathomnatda Parksuparp

Amit Patel

Devanshi Patel

Disha Bharatbhai Patel

Harsh Amishbhai Patel

Shivam Patel

Mohammad Faizankhan Pathan

Punit Paul

Christopher Crilly Pienaah

Ganya Prakash Reddy

Ayushi Parimalsinh Rathod

Zihua Rong

Venkata Vinay Mahidhar Runku

King David Sambou

Panyin Sersah

Ritik Shah

Aishwarya Shanmugasundaram

Hsiu-Yu Shih

Devang Shirodkar

Chamandeep Singh

Prakhya Singh

Yash Amit Singh

Narasimha Singireddy

Payal Arvindbhai Solanki

Trusha Pradeep Sonawane

Mahalakshmi Srinivasan

Ying Shuo Su

Abubakar Suleiman

Ning Sun

Yanjun Sun

Natalia Raj Surya Tannu

Jhansi Devi Telu

Leo Thachoth Francy

Aditya Nilesh Thakar

Abhishek Rajulkumar Thakkar

Sunil Thirumani

Danielle Thomas

Thu Minh Trinh

Mohammed Ameer Uddin

Muhammad Umer

Hunaynah Faiyazahmed Umerjee

Christopher Umoru

Rahitya Velpuri

Sandra Williams

Shreya Yadav

Frances Chariz Ybio

Kweku Yeboah

Samuel Kwabena Yeboah

Esther Yirenkyi

Qihan Yu

Hao Yun

Jianzhuo Zhang

Wenjing Zhu

Master of Professional Studies in Informatics

Timothy Adewunmi

Francis Adjei

Richard Aggrey

Maryam Aghajantabar Bozroudy

Oluwatosin Akinyemi

Onyedikachi Michael Aniuchi

Nithin Reddy Anumula

Kwabena Duffuor Asante

Kwesi Asefuah

Richard Nana Kwame Appiah Bawa

Asare Bediako

Emmanuel Boakye-Yiadom

Dennis Bofah

Anthony Buamono

Tzuyu Chen

Sowmya Chindam

Priestin Domfeh

Ukamaka Stephanie Eze

Amin Fakhri

Raj Goyani

Yangchen Gu

Reethu Reddy Gundlapally

Ayebatari Harcourt

Yuvakesh Keshaboina

Stavan Kashyapkumar Mehta

Hardik Sanjaykumar Mistry

Usha Rani Nallaparaju

Mohammed Gadafi Nuhu

Chiamaka Nwaigwe

Ucheoma Ogwuma

Shubham Dharmendrabhai Patel

Mahenoor Mohmad Aakil Pathan

Rachit Raj

Jineshkumar Maneshkumar Shah

Param Shah

Priten Nailesh Shah

Sufiyan Shaik

Rahul Sharma

Priya Srivastava

Neeraj Kumar Reddy Thumburu

Daniel Tsado

Patrick Twumasi

Jayanth Kumar Virivada

Manasa Vuyyuru

Jiarui Wang

Chunang Xu

Xianghe Zheng

Jinze Zhu

Master of Science in Project Management

Ashwath Kumar Aananthakumar

Kamesh Aanjne

Charles Ababio

Syed Abdul Haseeb

Daniel Ushie Abubu

Ibadin Abue

Richard Acheampong

Benjamin Acquah

Janet Adanu

Vida Addae

Juliet Addo

Alaba Adeshola Adekojo

Adepeju Adekunle

Theophilus Adeyeye

Ellen Adomakoa Brobbey

Elizabeth Adu

Gabriel Adu Amponsah

Bright Kwasi Adu-Ayim

Kwabena Obeng Adusei

Richard Afriyie Nimako

Sumaiya Shehanaz Afzal Fazihulla Khan

Okwuchukwu Agballa

Nicholina Agboh

Akshay Agrawal

Priyanshu Vijaykumar Agrawal

Felix Asafo Agyei

Manuella Agyei Manu

Ezinne Lilian Ahuekwe

Christian Ajah

Samuel Bukola Ajibade

Janet Akambasi

Amir Akhavan Rahnama

Mohammad Akhlaghi

Cyndy Akita

Glory Elo Akpoiroro

Ighosotu Akpojotor

Melanie Akuamoah Boateng

Vasu Sarat Akula

Rita Aladi

Howard Stephen Amaah Jnr

Joseph Amadi

Emmanuel Amankwah

Doris Eyram Yahan Amengor

Benedict Amevor Dodzi

Gertrude Amoah Mensah

Frank Amoah-Andoh

Ebenezer Ampong

Francis Kenechi Amujiogu

Josephine Amuzu

Chijioke Anakwe

Emmanuella Ohenewah Anaman

Cosmos Anane

Daniel Kumi Anane

Walter Anavheoba

Eric Annan

Francis Annan

Caleb Oboamah Annobil

George Ankrah Kwabena Ansah

Janice Manu Ansah

Richard Ansah

Monil Rameshbhai Ansodariya

Solomon Ansu

Edna Antwi Boasiako

Naomi Appiah

Audrey Appraku

Ernestina Apreku

Grace Efia Ofua Arkoh

Elikplim Artcher

Shadrack Arthur

Douglas Baffour Asamoah

Emmanuel Asante

Kwasi Twum Asante

Sherifatu Ashley

Joana Ashun

Ebenezer Asiedu

Syeda Asmanjum

Prince Kweku Asomaning

Joshua Loverbelt Atiapah

Folasayo Atoyebi

Samuel Junior Atta Boakye

Tanishq Atulkar

Donald Aubin

Raymond Avornyoh

Stephen Asare Awuyah

Elizabeth Ayugbo

Nutifafa Kofi Babanawo

Lawrence Baffour-Akoto

Oluwapelumi Banjo

Opeyemi Bello

Teslim Olatunji Bello

Priscilla Bennah

Kwadwo Berfi

Jaya Shankar Bevara

Muhammad Bilal

Justice Binka

Mohammed Fahim Bismillah Khan

Obed Boahene

Jeffrey Boakye

Bismark Boateng

Ibrahim Agyeibi Boateng

Toluwalase Oluwakorede Bolujoko

Malwin Etornam Bortsi

Jennifer Brako

Philip Bekoe Boahen Brefo

Ernest Brew

Emmanuella Bruce

Emmanuel Buabeng

Dadson Bukro

Manas Chadha

Chantamas Chatraporn

Suman Chauhan

Yinqi Chen

Tristan Jeremy Choa

Kedar Vinaykumar Choksi

Kwasi Cobbinah

Rexford Evans Teye Codjoe

Ngoc Quynh Trang Dam

Daniel Ofosu Danquah

Evangeline Danso

Douglas Darko

David Darkwah

Misagh Darvishi

Hetashvi Devganiya

Isaac Diarrah

Brian Vijay Dias

Richmond Doh

Alexander Nsegym Donkor

Gbenga Duromola

Anthony Selorm Dzakpasu

Frederick Godsway Dzamefe

Van David Hope Dzigba

Jennifer Ekeh

Lilian Eleghasim

Oluwayinka Elias

Anthony Emetonjor

Kingdom Emmanuel

Olayinka Erinle

Cynthia Essel Amoah

Frank Essel Amoah

Benaiah Essilfie

Albert Kweku Essuman

Emma Akosua Essuman

Frances Ezeani

Ayesha Faisal

Funke Fakunle

Sarita Fatehchandani

Prinston Fernandes

Sunday Folorunso

Mungere Gathogo

Kinjal Narendrasinh Gharia

Hemendra Bhupathi Naidu Gidda

Rushil Gupta

Shreya Gupta

Matthew Gyabaah

Bright Gyan

Chrissy Hawkson

Sanduni Hetti Hewage

Zahra Horsalak

Jinjie Hu

Jingjing Huang

Yixuan Huang

Priye Amarachi Ibe

Modupe Ibikunle

Makanjuola David Ibiwoye

Olamide Elizabeth Ibraheem

Rawuf Iddrisu

Zunaira Ijaz

Taofeek Olamide Isiaka

Benjamin Isiekwu

Franca Oghogho Nkem Iweka

Egbuna Jane

Prithvi Vignesh Jawaharlal Nehru

Priyavi Miteshbhai Jayswal

Siqi Jiang

Ishmael Jones

Sarvenaz Kashi Kalhori

Lovenish Kalia

Neha Kant

Shreyash Kapadi

Gomezgani Kasaro

Ishita Kaur

Sukhmani Kaur

Kimia Kazemi Nejad

Aniket Nitin Kelaskar

Niloufar Khoramizadeh

Annette Mubiru Kikobye

Evelyn King Gbeblewu

Victoria Korkor

Zachariah Otoo Korsah

Sandhya Kothandapani

Vivian T L Kpetay

Sella Kporha

Evans Kwakye

George Baffour Kyei

Karen Chung Man Lai

Racheal Naa Lamiley Lamptey

Ololade Laniyan

Pamela Laryea

Jiawen Li

Vanessa Magana

Anjali Maheshwari

Georgina Mamattah

Abinesh Manimaran

Tanaka Mashingaidze

Ene Sule Meche

Carlos Melgarejo Vázquez

Maame Kakraba Mensah

Shankar Mishra

Kelly Mucyo

Mohammed Shoeb Ahmed Mulla

Idayatu Mustapha

Francis Nartey

Samuel Narveh

Jesse Somtochukwu Nathan

Stephanie Ayomide Somoochuckwu

Njoaguani

Matilda Nkansah-Baidoo

Okorie Nnanna

Joseph Nunoo

Oscar Nwankwo

Chidinma Nwigwe

Isaac Nyarko

Rosemary Nana Yaa Nyarko

Kwadwo Nyarkoh

Bright Gyasi Obeng

Stephen Obeng

Isaac Obeng-Aboagye

Esther Oduro Frimpong

Solomon Offei

Francis Ofoe

Bernard Ofori-Atta

Kwabena Kesse Ofosu

Cynthia Akunna Ogbonna

Felix Ogele

Abimbola Ogunbanke

Olumide Ogunyemi

Taiwo Ojo

Daniel Tofunmi Oke

Divnll Okechukwu

Collins Okpako

Victoria Okpe

John Okyere

Olalekan Joseph Olakunle

Barnabas Olamiju

Folakemi Olayinka

Reacheal Ollennu

Alice Olukoya

Oluwatosin Olusanya

Casandra Onwuocha

Chigozie Onyeama

Chinaza Vera Onyekwele

Ufuoma Onyenokwe

Emeka Onyeobia

Abiola Opasina

Benjamin Opoku

Henrietta Oppong

Samuel Oppong Nti

Oliver Orakwute

Patience Ami Osabutey

Osamuyimen Osarenren

Marian Osei

Clement Osei Agyemang

Louisa Oseji

Augustine Osimiri

Linda Otchere

Enock Owusu

Nana Yaw Owusu Afriyie

Mercy Owusu Ansah

John Owusu Boakye

Edith Owusuaa

Aria Paidar

Darshkumar Tarangkumar Patel

Ushi Patel

Vatsal Vijaykumar Patel

Revati Vimal Patel

Kishan Piyushbhai Patel

Pranjali Patil

Temitope Pedro

Chandra Mallika Peruri

Abigail Pinamang

Nizamuddin Pir

Divyasree Popuri

Qiaoshan Qin

Adelaide Quagraine

Abraham Angmor Quarshie

Aaimon Mohammed Tareeque Qureshi

Satyanarayanan Rajasekaran

Habeeb Olaoluwa Raji

Sadhana Raju

Ragha Vasdarini Ramesh

Aminreza Rashidi

Rajesh Chris Harris Harris Rathakrishnan

Funmilayo Roberts

Sumy Roy

Parisa Saadati

Rajalakshmi Sabanathan

Mohamed Ruzeb Saiyed

Oluwatimilehin Sanusi

Richard Osei Sarkodie

Ayoola Sarumi

Eunice Mawutor Sasraku

Ernest Sey

Dhvani Kashyap Shah

Zaheer Ahmed Shaikh

Muhammad Ali Shakeel

Tapan Sharma

Yetunde Shittu

Surakshya Shrestha

Chinyere Stanley-Obi

Sana Subhana

Karpaga Vishalini Subramanian

Ernest Tadaana

Iyabode Taiwo

Khushi Nitinkumar Talia

Ernest Wilson Tay

Himabindu Tetali

Prabhav Thakur

Rupesh Thapa

Minto Thomas

Jodie-Ann Thompson

Juliet Tom-Senibo

Bridget Tukpeyi

Sharang Nandkishor Tulshi

Chibuike Anthony Ubaehirim

Maryrose Onyekachi Udeh

Latifah Usman

Bruno Uzoechi

Jaydeepsinh Bhupatsinh Vaghela

Tanvira Vhora

Sarah Vigbedor

Chuwan Wang

Sihan Wang

Chenhao Xu

Shixin Xu

Esther Yankey

Michael Yankson

Celine Yap

Bismark Yeboah

Bismark Kwame Yeboah

Enock Listowell Yeboah

Kengel Yeboah

Nii Ocquaye Kwabena Yeboah

Thomas Yeboah

Chien-Ho Yeh

Master of Science in Regulatory Affairs

Titilope Adekile

Samuel Adu-Agyei

Jeffery Kwesi Afful

Syeda Afshi

Edna Sarfo Agyei

Jasmine Banu Akbarali

Bharti Akbari

Anas Almaghrabi

Hiba Alnaser

Sai Naga Madhuri Ambati

Shyama Amjith

Vamsi Krishna Chanukya Annavarapu

Louise Appiah

Daniel Gyabaa Apraku

Lusine Arestakesyan

Mabel Asante

Moses Asare

Aditya Ashar

Odinaka Loveth Asogwa

Vennela Atmakuri

Samreet Atwal

Merhawi Awalom

Patel Aysha

Swethaa Balakumar

Divya Bangalore Manjunath

Joshua Yimbilla

Esther Ewurama Yirenkyi

Abdul Rawuf Yousufzay

Haoquan Yu

Pengcheng Zhao

Sushma Preethi Banka

Pragyna Barla

Jinalkumari Ganeshbhai Barodia

Vrushi Hemantkumar Barot

Srivalli Bashyakarla

Fahmida Begum

Zainab Bello

Bindiya Bhanushali

Jahnvibahen Amrishkumar Bhatt

Naila Bhatti

Harshita Bhavsar

Manali Nitinkumar Bhavsar

Thomas Bichu

Anindita Biswas

Kofi Boakye Yiadom

Regina Agyarewaa Boateng

Keerthi Sudha Bojja

Emmanuel Markwei Boye

Lizeth Cerecedo Aguilar

Suneetha Chamarthi

Vandana Chandra

Durgesh Purushottam Chaudhari

Meera Rajendrakumar Chauhan

Vimal Chauhan

Chandrabhansinh Meghrajsinh Chavda

Shubhangini Vikramsinh Chavda

Apporva Chawla

Arundhuti Chowdhury

Annie Vijaykumar Chunawala

Deilin Shanu D Almeida

Sauban Sattar Darbar

Kwabena Darko

Muhammadamir Siddik Deg

Jalpaben Dhandhukiya

Rohit Dheerubhai Dobariya

Karthik Edara

Bianca Christine Endo

Fathima Fasla Faslurrahuman

Arthur Francis

Krisha Mayank Gandhi

Yesha Jayeshkumar Gandhi

Teja Sri Gettam

Priyankkumar Rajeshbhai Gevariya

Madhav Gohel

Peiyao Gong

Hannah Gyimah

Adapa Harika

Natella Isakharova

Feni Sureshbhai Italiya

Akarsha Jagarapu

Vinay Jagdish Jangir

Seema Toufik Suleman Jet

Nikul Dineshbhai Jethwa

Stella Jetty

Harsh Sureshchandra Joshi

Anjali Kadian

Minnu Shaju Kakkassery

Lalitha Kanithi

Rahul Suresh Kanojiya

Yasaswi Kanthamneni

Zainab Karim

Jagruti Bholabhai Kathiriya

Mehakjot Kaur

Navjot Kaur

Parneet Kaur

Amira Khaleel

Ketul Dharmendrabhai Khamar

Jainam Bhikhabhai Khatsuriya

Mehrunnisha Mahamad Kolya

Shailaja Kona

Lin Kong

Vennela Kosaraju

Sneha Keerthi Koyya

Gayathiry Krisnarajah

Priyanshikumari Dharmeshbhai Lad

Hetvi Yogeshkumar Ladhawala

Noaman Mohmedhanif Laher

Shruti Lavekar

Archana Mahajan

Harpalsinh Babusinh Makvana

Krishna Pravinbhai Makwana

Divakar Vinodkumar Mali

Patricia Angelique Mallari

Neha Mathew

Megha

Henna Mehboob

Swapnil Margeshkumar Mehta

Zankhna Dilipkumar Mehta

Shriya Nileshbhai Menpara

Mayur Nareshbhai Mistry

Aayush Tarunkumar Modi

Zeeshan Shareef Mohammed

Lakshmi Sujitha Moru

Naveen Kumar Muppalla

Sneha Priya Murari

Natasha Musonda

Rahulkumar Nai

Janak Rajabhai Nakum

Sai Kumar Neeli

Sai Kiran Neeli

Anjuben Nishad

Owusu Ntim-Sarpong

Chioma Obiohom

Olawunmi Omolabake Odunjo

Johnbosco Okafor

Esther Ebere Oluchukwu

Vanaja Paila

Dhruti Bharatbhai Panchal

Sahista Panchbhaya

Archana Pandey

Shivani Sanjaykumar Pandya

Mayur Hiteshbhai Pansuria

Pinal Navneetkumar Pansuriya

Sunny Dilipbhai Parejiya

Shruti Alpeshkumar Parekh

Anushka kiritsinh Parmar

Meghavi Parmar

Parthsinh Dipaksinh Parmar

Tanvirjah Hanif Parmar

Aesha Maheshkumar Patel

Anjali Patel

Antara Shaileshkumar Patel

Anuj Rameshbhai Patel

Aum Prashantkumar Patel

Bansilkumar Nareshkumar Patel

Chandni Antul Patel

Dharaben Patel

Dhruvi Patel

Fatima Sadiq Abdulgafur Patel

Harini Alkesh Patel

Harsh Patel

Harshkumar Patel

Hemangini Satishkumar Patel

Ishani Bharatbhai Patel

Juhee Rameshbhai Patel

Krupa Divyeshkumar Patel

Mahir Shantilal Patel

Mayuri Bipinchandra Patel

Mayurkumar Jitendrabhai Patel

Mihirkumar Rajanikant Patel

Milli Patel

Monal Patel

Nirali Mukeshbhai Patel

Omkumar Shaileshbhai Patel

Parthvi Patel

Princy Patel

Priyalben Harshil Patel

Ritesh Manilal Patel

Raj Dharmeshkumar Patel

Roshniben Patel

Rucha Rajendrakumar Patel

Rumana Yunus Patel

Rutvik Patel

Shubh Hitendrakumar Patel

Vaidehi Devangbhai Patel

Vraj Kiritbhai Patel

Masarratkhatun Afzalkhan Pathan

Pratiksha Kailas Patil

Priti Ramkumar Patwa

Kaizan Karimbhai Pirani

Daksh Govindbhai Prajapati

Dipangi Suresh Prajapati

Hardik Sureshbhai Prajapati

Jaykumar Sureshbhai Prajapati

Niralkumar Prajapati

Rivaben Utsav Prajapati

Yash Devendrabhai Prajapati

Rajvi Vishal Radadiya

Miduna Rahulan

Poojaben Keyursinh Raj

Vrundaben Devendrasinh Raj

Ashley Ramkissoon

Aarti Rana

Harshdeepsinh Jayrajsinh Rana

Aanchal Rautela

Laleh Safa

Sumaiya Saleem

Mahamad Iqbal Saleh

Vensi Dharmeshbhai Sarang

Utsav Savai

Priyanka Savaliya

Maulik Hareshbhai Savani

Prerona Sen

Vaiharthanan Sethunathan

Heli Harsh Shah

Tirth Ashok Shah

Yagnang Rakeshbhai Shah

Yash Shah

Ramitunnisa Shaik

Reshma Shaik

Sabiha Sulthana Shaik Alla Ul

Aisha Azmatullah Shaikh

Anam Nafees Ahmed Shaikh

Bharti Rudravishalprasad Sharma

Kajal Sharma

Sonali Sharma

Ruoqian Shi

Sangeetha Sina Kamal

Khyati Narendrabhai Solanki

Shreya Ghanshyambhai Soni

Bhairavi Sri Ravichelvan

Amreen Sultana

Shafiya Sultana

Maitry Baldevbhai Sur

Devangi Mitesh Surti

Sanjanaben Prakashbhai Tejani

Siseendhar Reddy Telluri

Shifa Thahseen

Sayma Gulamahmed Thava

Vaishnavi Thirumalaraju

Bichu Thomas

Ravi Shaileshbhai Thumbar

Roshini Thurpati

Baba Sri Vidhya Tulli Milli

Martha Turkson Mills

Joy Unekhoria

Raena Riyaz Ahmed Upadhey

Pravallika Vadranam

Jaimeen Mahendrabhai Vaghela

Sivani Vallabhaneni

Vasavi Vangari

Rohankumar Ishwarbhai Vaniya

Tejash Vaniya

Kiruthika Vanniyar

Devanshi Pratik Vasani

Anjana Vayappurath

Archita Venkatesh

Kishan Hiteshkumar Vyas

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Master of Science in Bioinformatics

Sushma Ankathi

Ehda Dolatabadi

Ainslie Forbes

Busayo Gbenga-Ajose

Riya James

Master of Science in Biotechnology

Abdul Aziz Abdul Mumin

Bernard Acquah-Obeng

David Adigbli

Daniel Agyenim-Boateng

Sima Al Atout

Sam Alyas

Nikhil Roy Anthony

Sarah Ayantola

Bhawanjot Singh Braich

Akanksha Rajkumar Chauhan

Abeer Elmahi

Bashirudeen Essel

Rintheya Ganesan

Arsalan Haque

Raha Jafarpour

Aqib Khan

Fyneface Smart Wofuru

Jialei Xu

Himaja Yabaluri

Lavanya Sneha Yerramatam

Vaidehi Vinod Zod

Paulo Vicente Miguel

Funmilola Oke

Yash Maheshbhai Patel

Neha Singh

Venkata Sai Yogesh Konakandla

Lingesh Kothandapani

Kaylyn Love

Ryan Masney

Ayesha Mim

Ummulfatma Aabidhusen Momin

Kaushal Navadiya

Jacob Okyere

Yemisi Adeniyi Olabisi

Kwame Asamoah Osei

Matthew Osho

Khushi Santoshkumar Parab

Divyanshi Parashar

Anushka Jitendra Patel

Diya Ashwinbhai Patel

Hely Patel

Janvi Patel

Joil Hasmukhbhai Patel

Kanizfatima Hanifbhai Patel

Mishwa Manishbhai Patel

Monali Darshankumar Patel

Nancy Dhirendrakumar Patel

Pujaben Indravadan Patel

Sur Pankajkumar Patel

Preeti

Leen Quqa

Jaimini Mukeshkumar Rathod

Augustina Sangmor

Sonali Saravanan

Pushti Nimesh Shah

Nishant Soni

Khalaavharshene Sridhar

Srikrishna Suryadurga Sunkara

Shreya Suri

Sakshi Tanna

Nirmita Thapa

Almas Mohammadzuber Topia

Pan Wang

Yiding Zhang

CLASS OF 2026 AWARD RECIPIENTS

The Outstanding Global Network Student Award

The Outstanding Global Network Student Award recognizes students pursing master’s or professional doctoral degrees in studies at one of Northeastern’s global campuses and who have excelled in one or more of the following areas: academics, research, leadership, teaching, and real-world impact.

Sandra Ama Kesewaa Williams College of Professional Studies

The Laurel and Scroll 100 Award

Established in 2024, the Laurel and Scroll 100 honors exceptional graduate and professional students in their final year of study across Northeastern’s global campuses. The esteemed recognition, one of the university’s Societies of Distinction, celebrates students whose achievements, leadership, and character reflect the very best of Northeastern.

Nathaniel Ashie College of Engineering

Qi Han College of Engineering

Vanessa Guadalupe Magana College of Professional Studies

Jainil Subhashbhai Malaviya College of Engineering

Paulo Vicente Miguel College of Science

Casandra Chiamaka Onwuocha College of Professional Studies

Sumaiya Saleem College of Professional Studies

UNIVERSITY SENIOR LEADERSHIP

Joseph E. Aoun, President

Beth A. Winkelstein, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Kenneth W. Henderson, Chancellor and Senior Vice President for Learning

Michael Armini, Senior Vice President for External Affairs

Mary Ludden, Senior Vice President for Global Network and Strategic Initiatives

Diane Nishigaya MacGillivray, Senior Vice President for University Advancement

Thomas Nedell, Senior Vice President for Finance and Treasurer

Mary B. Strother, Senior Vice President and General Counsel

UNIVERSITY DEANS

Gregory Abowd, College of Engineering

Rajesh Aggarwal, Interim, D’Amore-McKim School of Business

Jared Auclair, College of Professional Studies

James R. Hackney, School of Law

R. Benjamin Knapp, College of Arts, Media and Design

Beth D. Kochly, Mills College at Northeastern University

Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Khoury College of Computer Sciences

Brent Nelson, Interim, College of Science

Carmen Sceppa, Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Kellee Tsai, College of Social Sciences and Humanities

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TRUSTEES EMERITI, HONORARY TRUSTEES, AND

CORPORATORS EMERITI

Members of the Board of Trustees

Richard D’Amore, Chair

Edward Galante, Vice Chair

Alan McKim, Vice Chair

Joseph E. Aoun, Ex Officio

Jeffrey Bornstein

Subodh Chanrai

Alice Chinebuah

Jeffrey Clarke

William Conley

Deborah Dunsire

Spencer Fung

Sir Lucian Grainge, CBE

David House

Frances Janis

Chaitanya Kanojia

Amin Khoury

William Lowell

Todd Manganaro

Honorary Trustees

Scott M. Black

Charles K. Gifford

Trustees Emeriti

Barbara C. Alleyne

George D. Behrakis, Vice Chair Emeritus

Margot Botsford

Frederick Brodsky

Frederick L. Brown

Peter B. Cameron

Richard P. Chapman Jr., Vice Chair Emeritus

William J. Cotter

John J. Cullinane

Harry T. Daniels

James Pallotta

Irene Panagopoulos

John Pulichino

Jean Eric Salata

Kathleen Sanborn

Winslow Sargeant

Jeannine Sargent

Maha Shair

Shelley Stewart Jr.

Hemant Taneja

Jean-Pascal Tricoire

Christopher Viehbacher

Gregory Waters

Christophe Weber

Lucille R. Zanghi

Susan S. Deitch

Neal F. Finnegan, Chair Emeritus

W. Kevin Fitzgerald

Arnold S. Hiatt

William S. Howard

Venetia Kontogouris

Richard G. Lesser

Diane H. Lupean

Roger M. Marino

Katherine S. McHugh, Vice Chair Emerita

Kathryn M. Nicholson

Arthur A. Pappas

Marcy L. Reed

Ronald L. Rossetti

Ronald Sargent

Carole J. Shapazian, Vice Chair Emerita

Robert J. Shillman

Janet M. Smith

Corporators Emeriti

Salah Al Wazzan

Quincy L. Allen

Tarek As’ad

Robert J. Awkward

Vincent F. Barletta

Richard L. Bready

John F. Burke Jr.

William P. Casey

Lawrence G. Cetrulo

Nassib G. Chamoun

William D. Chin

Steven J. Cody

Timothy J. Connelly

Joseph J. Cronin

Richard J. DeAgazio

Kevin A. DeNuccio

Robin W. Devereux

Robert E. DiCenso

Priscilla H. Douglas

Adriane J. Dudley

Michael J. Egan

Douglas M. Epstein

Joseph D. Feaster Jr.

Louise Firth Campbell

Lisa D. Foster

Francis A. Gicca

Gary R. Gregg

Nancy E. B. Haynes

Charles C. Hewitt III

Roderick Ireland

Mary Kay Leonard

Mark A. Krentzman

Joseph C. Lawler

Sy Sternberg, Chair Emeritus

Jean C. Tempel, Vice Chair Emerita

Alan D. Tobin, Vice Chair Emeritus

Joseph Tucci

Catherine A. White

Arthur W. Zafiropoulo

Michael Zamkow

Ellen M. Zane

M Benjamin Lipman

George A. MacConnell

Susan B. Major

Paul V. McDonough

Thomas P. McDonough

Kathleen McFeeters

Susan A. Morelli

Francis E. Murphy

James Q. Nolan Jr.

Peter J. Ogren

Lawrence A. O’Rourke

Leonard C. Perham

Valerie W. Perlowitz

Steven Picheny

John E. Pritchard

Eugene M. Reppucci Jr.

Rhondella Richardson

Patrick A. Rivelli

David J. Ryan

George P. Sakellaris

Richard A. Schoenfeld

Peter J. Smail

Karen Tay Koh

Gordon O. Thompson

Alexander L. Thorndike

James R. Turner

Mark L. Vachon

Laurie B. Werner

E. Leo Whitworth

Donald K. Williams Jr.

Donald L. Williams

Richard R. Yuse

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